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Take monthly with water August 2017 11
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Obscene marine charges
Over the last few years there has been a lot of comment about
government charges for marine services and whether or not we
get value for money.
To date, this has mainly affected the boating fraternity in the
eastern states and has had only minimal impact on us over here
in WA ... until now, that is.
A week or so ago I called into Marine House in Fremantle
to renew my Coxswains ticket expecting to pay not much more
than the $45.00 it cost when I last renewed it five years ago. I
was quoted $540.00 .
Given that when I attained this qualification around 25 years
ago, it cost nothing and was issued in perpetuity ... until 10 years
ago, when Marine implemented the $45.00 charge for five years.
To say I was stunned is an understatement.
Dave Tierney,
City Beach, WA .
About fifty five years ago I was in the Mombasa Yacht Club
team that travelled to Naivasha for a long weekend’s racing.
Before the first race it was explained to us that should a
hippopotamus surface ahead during the race we did not have to
bear away from our course but were allowed to call to windward
boats for room (it was known as calling for “water” in those days)
and tack to avoid a collision. The possibility of such an encounter
added a certain frisson to the racing and certainly concentrated
one’s mind on keeping a sharp lookout ahead.
But not only was that rule unique to Naivasha. So too were
the boats with which we were provided. Made of timber, with a
flat bottomed hull and a single chine, they were far from being
the greyhounds of the lake.
Indeed, I remember speculating rather nervously that upwind
in light airs we would be no match for an overtaking hippopotamus.
So obscure was, and is, this American designed boat that I have
been unable to find any mention of them on line. Has anyone
out there ever heard of Juncos?
Brenda Mentz (neé Kempton),
Mornington, Victoria.
Quite right Brenda, hippos were a navigational hazard on Lake
Naivasha. Check out p42 of my book to see what happened when sitting
on an upturned Sunfish with its mast stuck in the bottom and my crew
said we must be drifting to the shore “as that rock is getting closer”.
I don’t remember the Junco boats but I see the club still has an
Enterprise. I wonder if it could be the one I left behind 44 years ago?
Happy days.....
Quirky.
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